How-To Guide – Community groups Tips on setting up community groups

Whether it’s to start your own film society, drum up a Finding people using search engines dance class or find your local walking football league, The internet is full of amazing resources, from information the online world can be a great gateway to new friends on just about any subject, to countless clubs, societies and and experiences. groups you might like to join. To find what you’re looking Here are some of the tools you could use to make new for requires a search engine – these are like windows to contacts – or to start your very own club. huge libraries of information.

Setting up an email account and keeping it safe Google.com and Yahoo.com are both very reliable and easy to use. To find what you’re looking for, type ‘keywords’ An email account makes life easier in all sorts of ways. It into the search box. For example, to find if there are any helps you stay in touch with new or old friends and family Walking Football clubs in your local area, put ‘Walking members, keeps you up-to-date with what’s happening Football’ and the name of your town in the search box. locally – and much more. You will then be presented with a list of relevant links to Here’s how to get started click through. Highlighted results at the top of the page are paid-for adverts. These might be helpful, but it is Setting up an email account is easy and free. The three always worth looking at some of the other links below. main email account providers are: Gmail.com, Yahoo.com and Outlook.com Using Facebook Go to one of their websites and follow these steps: Social networking sites – like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram 1. Click on ‘create new account’ and enter your first and and LinkedIn – allow people to interact, share photos and last name in the appropriate boxes. find each other. Many people also use social networking sites for business networking. Facebook is the largest online 2. Create a memorable username. This will form your email social networking site. It also has Fan Pages – which can address – the name you give to people and organisations be created for anything, especially online stores, societies so they can send you emails. Many people use a version or clubs. of their name, which is then added automatically to the email account name. For example, first name.last name Creating an account which will then have @gmail.com added to form your email address – [email protected]. Visit the Facebook site and you’ll be invited to create an If that username is already being used by someone, account by putting in your first and last name and email alternatives will be suggested automatically. address. Create a password, using letters and number, in a combination you’ll be able to remember. Add your gender 3. Create a password that is a mix of upper and lowercase and birthday – then click to sign up. You will be prompted letters, numbers and symbols. Base it on something to copy a couple of randomised words – this is a check to that you’ll remember. make sure a person is creating this account and that it’s 4. You can also, if you want, enter your date of birth and not being created automatically on your behalf. mobile number. This might be useful as it allows the You can then start to personalise your account with email provider to check, from time to time, that the information about yourself, your hobbies and interests. person logging on is you. On your homepage there is a section on the bar at the top for finding friends. You can search for people by name, Safety tips when using email or Facebook can search your email contacts and make • Never send financial, personal or other sensitive suggestions. You send a friend request – if that person information in an email. accepts the request, you will see them in your friend list. • Beware of scam emails claiming to protect you from viruses, or saying that you have won the lottery. Seems too good to be true? It probably is. • Never click on a link in an email and enter any personal information or security details that are asked for. Your will never ask you to click a link to log in to your online account or provide your account details or PIN number. Using * and Paym • W e’ll send a 6-digit passcode in a text to the number you’ve supplied. Enter this as prompted. Whether you want to pay a friend, family member or business, Barclays Pingit lets you send and receive money • Finally , enter your PINsentry code. If you don’t have your quickly and securely, using just your mobile phone. PINsentry, you can also verify your registration at a Barclays cash machine. With Barclays Pingit you can: • Send money to someone else instantly. Named Accounts to keep track of your funds easily • Find and pay businesses in the built-in Business directory. With the Barclays app, you can take care of everyday banking needs from your smartphone or tablet. • Make international payments to selected countries. It’s free to download and secure and simple to use. • Use the in-app calculator to split restaurant bills. You can give each of your accounts an identifying name – • Buy goods and services from selected retailers ‘Housekeeping account’, perhaps, or ‘Bowling club account’ by scanning a QR code or paying with the app – which helps you keep track of things when you move at the checkout. funds from one place to another. • Join Paym – the new industry-wide mobile phone payments service – so you can pay people at other , quickly and securely, using just their mobile phone number.

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